111202-A-4892M-011

111202-A-4892M-011
Amanda L. Larson gets a kiss from son, Max, 5, as Spc. Annelise M. Brooks, a native of Fairfield, Conn., now a finance clerk assigned to the 22nd Human Resources Company, 593rd Special Troops Battalion, 593rd Sustainment Brigade, completes Larson's transaction following the grand opening of the brigade's post office on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Dec. 1, 2011. The post office is only the second opened in the continental United States that is run entirely by Soldiers. Larson, who is a family readiness group leader for the 22nd HRC, and the wife of the company executive officer 1st Lt. Erik C. Larson, was one of the first customers and sent a care package to 593rd Sust. Bde. Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan. (Photo by Sgt. Kendra McCurdy)